Carson's full-scale treatment of American history combines scholarly exactness with evocative passages that lead the listener to a clearer understanding of the people and events, the triumphs and the shortcomings, which have shaped this nation. Starting with the "filling out" of the West, this fourth volume goes beyond the standard historical facts and events of these formative fifty years of American history. Included are crisp and incisive discussions of Darwinism and Socialism and their effects upon American society. ...
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Carson's full-scale treatment of American history combines scholarly exactness with evocative passages that lead the listener to a clearer understanding of the people and events, the triumphs and the shortcomings, which have shaped this nation. Starting with the "filling out" of the West, this fourth volume goes beyond the standard historical facts and events of these formative fifty years of American history. Included are crisp and incisive discussions of Darwinism and Socialism and their effects upon American society. Also covered are civil service reform; regulation and the courts; the rise of labor unions; the Spanish-American War; the Panama Canal; World War I; Bolshevism and the spread of Totalitarianism; Nazism in Germany; monetarism and prosperity; and the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Harding, and Coolidge.
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Good. American History 300 pages. Illustrated. Remnant of old price sticker on back cover. Light soiling along page edges. Free market based overview of American history during the time period indicated. The following are chapter titles indicating the philosophy of the book: Naturalistic Outlook (Evolution and Darwinism); Radical Ideas and Collectivism: European Socialism, Collectivism in America; Progressivism: The Progressive Education, Pragmatism, The Social Gospel, Domestication of Socialism; Racial Segregation in the South; Progressives in Power; World War I and the Disruption of Europe; Bolshevism and the Spread of Totalitarianism; The 1920s in America.
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Good. 300 pages; B&W photographs. Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Warp to book's body (light bend). Likely from being placed under heavy object or being improperly stored. Light fading to spine and top cover edges.; -We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.